The United States Capitol, National Mall, Washington, DC

Last night's Washington DC fireworks viewed from the Netherlands Carillon in Arlington, Virginia. Great time shooting the fireworks with friends!

With a forecast for calm winds and clear skies on Sunday night, I ventured out to the Capitol Reflecting Pool to see if a clear reflection in the water was possible. The wind was never perfectly calm, but the reflection still turned out pretty good. It's actually nice that the reflection is mostly clear and still has a little movement in it.

Dome shot of the US Capital -

A view of the U.S. Capitol Building from the southeast, and a COLD ONE at that.

Twas a cold and windy night…

Basically no wind to create an almost glass like reflection on the pond in front of the Capitol Building at dawn

The US National Debt, Signified by the Rotunda of the Capitol Building - Home of the US Congress.

so much for starting the New Year off in a Happy way, IMHO.

518. Pentax gear.

2017 begins to rise over the Nation's Capitol.

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View from the South Western angle

US Capitol, Washington, DC. (3/8/2025)

Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Interesting to see a net on the top part of the left column.

Early Morning Capitol Dome, Washington DC. Shot from the National Mall. (11/18/2023)

Before sunrise Saturday morning at the US Capitol. I took this a couple of minutes before they turned the tree lights off. I tend to take at least one holiday photo of the Capitol each year. Such a great scene to capture.

Early Morning Capitol Dome, Washington DC. Shot from Pennsylvania Avenue. (11/18/2023)

Last Tuesday night's just-past full Harvest Moon rising over the U.S. Capitol. Bonus detail: the Session Light in the Tholos was lit since congress was still in session. It's a small detail that I've hoped to capture that with a moon for a long time!

Moon details: Since I was standing over three miles from the Capitol, the moon appeared to be over 150 feet in diameter. For comparison purposes, the Capitol is 288 feet tall to the top of the Statue of Freedom.

Explored: September 28, 2021

Friday night with the US Capitol Christmas Tree. Happy to finally photograph United States Capitol Christmas Tree on a calm night! I saw a wind forecast of 1 mph, so I wanted to try my luck. I've always photographed it with some wind in the past. Cheerful to see the Christmas Tree on the capitol grounds!

Explored: December 8, 2021

Yesterday morning's 8% waning crescent moon rising behind the United States Capitol and the Statue of Freedom.

New camera and old tricks - I'm still doing the moon alignment thing. It's pretty cool when you can setup before moonrise using your plot and then the moon rises to the position you envisioned it would.

Explored: June 16, 2023

This photo is a cropped version of an earlier photo, following advice from Sccart.

US Capitol

Washington DC

December 29, 2021

U.S. Capitol building in Washington D.C.

Icy morning at the Capitol Reflecting Pool, Washington, DC, January 23, 2022

Give your mom a call today.

Fortunately the rioters have been pushed back, the Capitol is safe and Congress has resumed their responsibility for counting the electoral votes.

This is an HDR merge of a few shots taken from the Washington Monument on Easter morning. In spite of the complete dysfunction inside the structure, it's still quite majestic. I'm hoping for a change in leadership in 2018.

As I walked towards the Lincoln Memorial with my daughter I glanced back and stopped to take this shot. I laughed at her comment as I set up my tripod.

This was during preparations of US Capitol a few days before the Inauguration. And yes, that is ice on top of the water in the reflecting pool! Loved being on work assignment there!

January 6th feels like a bad dream now